I am trying to read an xml file on an http url. "Unexpected end of file from server" keeps on coming . the page is password protected, I would like to know if I am properly giving in my url authentication details. I tried with non protected pages and I can read them properly. Here is my code: URL url = new URL("http://username:[email protected]:0000/test.xml"); URLConnection yc = url.openConnection(); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(yc.getInputStream())); String inputLine; while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(inputLine); in.close();